It is fascinating to think of where we will celebrate Easter next year. Resurrection Sunday in a thatched roof church? Under a tree? With an international community of sorts? In english? or Swahili?
All sorts of thoughts run through your head...yet I was reminded again of the immense size of Jesus. What I mean is...Ephesians 2 talks about how He fills all thing with Himself. I love that because there is no place the Presence of the Risen Jesus cannot penetrate. As we are headed to a dark place, a spiritually dark place like Uganda, there is a great comfort in the reminder that there is no darkness the light of Jesus cannot permeate through. That is our prayer, that these days He would be preparing the soil of hearts in Uganda...Sudan...Congo, so that the darkness can be breeched with calvary love.
Naive? I do not want to be. Skeptically? not that either. Some how there has to be a balance of both the fear and overwhelming obstacles, yet measured up alongside the fact Jesus wants to do nothing less than pour out His self-giving Spirit in the lives and hearts of African families. That is not presuming on His grace as a young missionary; that is standing on His promises.
We need you to keep praying. That we will trust Him, amidst the fears and unknowns. Thank you for praying, for giving, for partnering with us.
This coming weekend (4-23) we'll be speaking at Faith Memorial in OH. Please pray with us for His purposes to be accomplished.
Hallelujah. Praise God Forever!
Billy & Joanna Coppedge
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